An emotional portrayal of humanity.

My works are a catalogue of my thoughts and emotions laid bare - things that I could never speak out loud, but are suddenly blurted out onto the canvas.

My art is an extension of my body and soul. Using my hands to apply paint, smudge charcoal or configure a sculpture allows a physical connection to work that I find exhilarating. By letting my thoughts flow organically from my mind, through my body and into the work - I take the chaos of my own dismal thoughts and turn them into meaning and beauty.

Curious about Silkscreen/serigraphy? We've got the night for you. Come down to Art in House and learn how to silkscreen. Silkscreening is a wonderful printmaking technique that utilizes stencilling to create and image. Everyone can be successful at this process!

Inspired by these photos, the work features predominantly female figures in mundane, whimsical and intimate circumstances. Using the elements of repetition, layering, outline and ghostliness, Jacqueline is interested in drawing parallels to personal and cultural memory. Using watercolour, drawing and mixed media works, she hopes to create a push-pull effect with our internal and external worlds that seem both familiar and unknown.

The inclusion of the online community within this body of work has created a collective and shared experience of nostalgia, insight and vulnerability. We can often recognize ourselves within someone else's experience. And this work is, in some ways, an attempt to capture the true nature of memory as it exists in many forms, including delicate clarity and vague fragmentation.

Join us for the opening of Stories We Share: Female Histories Saturday, Oct. 22nd from 7-9pm. Exhibit is on until Saturday, Nov.26th.

This is a pay-what-you-can, day-long workshop where you can where you can learn the marketing secrets of North America's most successful green, holistic, community-minded entrepreneurs attract more of the clients you want (without ever sacrificing your integrity or spending a fortune).

Our Watermelon Seeds camp last year was so much fun that we decided to keep the name, but redesign the programs. Those who came last year can still count on the more playful themes, inundated with tons of colour, laughter, and collaborations with nature. The light-hearted nature of Watermelon Seeds will spill over into the textile projects done at Spool Lounge. Much of what we create in summer camp becomes the subject matter of our SPROUTS gallery show in September. See more about our SPROUTS gallery HERE:)

Last year's Art City camp was so much fun, that we are continuing this theme again this summer. Campers will be able to get out into the urban and natural environments to create, be inspired, and share their creations. Art-making and textile work will explore using recycled and reusable materials while celebrating the infusion of nature into cityscapes. Check out our blog to see some of the inspiring creations we made last year.

At Art in House we are always exploring experiences and memory surrounding photography. It seems appropriate to have an artist create an experience delving into this theme. Why are we so enamoured with the moment caught instantly, with the ephemeral and with the re-creation of our moments. Why has the artist had the impulse throughout history to create handmade memories and stories? David shields, oh so eloquently sums this up,

“Why do you take photographs so constantly, so obsessively? Why do you collect others photographs? Why do you scavenge in secondhand shops and buy old albums of other people’s pasts?

"So that I’ll see what I've seen”

Please join us July 16th 7-9pm for, some times….handmade photographs by Blair Poulin. Scavenge through her experiences and memory and you might just see your moments.

A note from BlairPhotography has always been a part of my life. I have a love and impulse to use all kinds of cameras; from analog cameras to the camera on my phone. The nostalgia of the photo had me looking for ways to express this feeling but in drawing. Using today’s access to the digital print with the feeling of history, I capture then create drawings that are simple and intimate moments to savour. These become my handmade photographs.

We are excited to bring you the work of artist Valerie Marchand for the month of June! A great exhibit to kick off our summer gallery season.

Artist Valerie Marchand has always been a collector of things. Curiosities of nature, animal figures and anything that peaks her interest as an artist. Foundation brings together Valerie's work in stained glass with her sculptural assemblage. Using her collectors sensibilities, Valerie has combined stained glass elements with pieces from her own collection to create the work in Foundation.

We are excited to bring you the work of artist Valerie Marchand for the month of June!

Artist Valerie Marchand has always been a collector of things. Curiosities of nature, animal figures and anything that peaks her interest as an artist. Foundation brings together Valerie's work in stained glass with her sculptural assemblage. Using her collectors sensibilities, Valerie has combined stained glass elements with pieces from her own collection to create the work in Foundation.